Sudden death of well-known coloratura
The death has been made known of Beate Ritter, a popular member of the Vienna Volksoper who moved on to the Stuttgart state opera, where she sange her last performance in April. Beate also had […]
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The coolest of US composers
Two pics of Lenny, one in Hollywood, the other in Eilat, Israel. l-r: Alexis Weisenberg, Jennie Tourel, Lenny photo: Benno Rothenberg/Photographs collection in the National Library of Israel/Meitar Collection The post The coolest of US […]
Two American composers cooling off
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The Grange Festival 2025 – Johann Strauss’s Die Fledermaus – with Andrew Hamilton, Sylvia Schwartz & Ben McAteer; directed by Paul Curran; conducted by Paul Daniel
Paul Curran’s production of Johann Strauss’s operetta Die Fledermaus (1874) – composed in the heyday of Habsburg Vienna – brings the action forwards to the 1920s or early ’30s, bearing with it a great deal […]
Composers cooling off (1)
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Koreans swamp competition – and win
The 43rd International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition was won last night in Bern by the South Korean baritone Geon Kim. Out of 135 singers from 45 countries, South Korea submitted by far the most […]
Dear Alma, Do I take my violin to the bomb shelter?
From our agony aunt’s mailbag: Dear Alma, I have a precious Guarnerius, my grandfather’s violin, that I take with me to the communal shelter (known as Mamad) every time the Iranians start dropping hardware in […]
The Secret Life of Paintings from Poland
What did Vermeer’s Woman Reading a Letter learn from the correspondence? What is Rembrandt’s Night Watch talking about just before marching out? And who will catch the maiden’s slipper in Fragonard’s The Swing? The Secret Life of Paintings is a unique […]
Ruth Leon recommends…. Fred Astaire and Partners
Fred Astaire died 38 years ago today, on June 22nd 1987. This item is just a blatant excuse to watch Fred Astaire’s best numbers with all three of his great partners. They are all gone […]
A Mafia Widow: Lehár’s ever-popular score undergoes a transplant
It’s been a while: well, over 40 years, since I heard Lehár’s Die lustige Witwe, in an amdram production just outside of Manchester in which I was playing French horn. Has absence made the […]
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